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[Vibrant Android Development] jaminroe:
update on solution lol

Okay, so heres the update. I called Samsung today. I explained to her the problem, I told her I did a lot of research and it seems like this is a serious problem most people are having. I also mentioned that the Samsung website no longer has the Vibrant listed for driver/software downloads. She did know and understand this. And basically what she told me is that Samsung is current working on this issue and there is no solution for now. They will email me and have my case on file when there is an update. Hopefully sometime soon!

The only thing I can suggest is to get a micro to SD card adapter. Where you slide the microSD card into the inside of the SD card. Then you can put that into your PC if it has a media slot. If not, get the microSD USB reader/adapter. Probably easier.

This is a nice one: Sandisk MobileMate Micro SD & M2 Reader

(Sorry can't post link. New user... would appreciate if I can be verified to remove that ;))
[Vibrant Android Development] jaminroe:
I appreciate it. Only thing is Droid Explorer is for rooted phones only. I don't want to root my Vibrant. Not for a while at least. I rooted my G1, but I dont want to do it for this phone. Sorry. It will only work on rooted phones correct?
[Vibrant Android Development] LabattZ:
OK, but did the drivers help? Drivers don't depend on whether you have root or not. Droid Explorer was just one way for me to verify I had access to the phone - adb was my first method.

GL
[Vibrant Android Development] jaminroe:
No they didn't work. :( Not sure what to do now. It also doesn't show up in Droid Explorer, and I do have USB debugging on.
[Vibrant Android Development] dfabix:
OK, So I installed the Drivers for my computer...

However, when I plug in the Vibrant using "Mass Storage"....

I see 2 drives on my computer (explorer) but when I click on them, it says there is nothing in the drive.

Am I forgetting to do something simple?

Any help is appreciated.

D
[Vibrant Android Development] jaminroe:
I got to that point one time and same thing happened. I don't even remember how I got to that point lol! I hate this about my Vibrant.
[Vibrant Android Development] bcmatteagles:
I found this link in the Vibrant General forum and it cleared up my problems with installing the drivers for Kies - has to do with a bug based on a file name extension longer than 14 characters on the phone.

http arvindgaba com /computer /samsung-galaxy-s /mtp-usb-device-failed-to-install-for-samsung-galaxy-s-kies-resolved/

Sorry to have to post the semi link but since I'm new it won't let me post real links
[Vibrant Android Development] jaminroe:
I still can't do that. My phone doesn't even show up in My Computer, so I can't even search for 'long character exentions/bad files' which is what the utility is used for. Still dead end.
[Vibrant Android Development] contalyst:
To use as mass storage, you need to mount the SD Cards. pull down the notification bar after connecting to your PC, select "USB Connected" then hit Mount. should show up in My Computer and you should have full access to move files around etc.

As for getting Kies to connect with your SGS, I finally used these steps, which I have to repeat the driver recovery each time i want to reconnect to PC via Kies...

1. Don't plug your phone to the computer yet.

2. Open Kies, from the settings turn off the options 'automatically start monitoring for device connection when Windows starts' and 'Start Kies automatically when device is connected'. For some reason the MTP installation failed each time Kies was open at the same time.

3. In Kies, click the Kies file menu on top of the application and select Driver recovery. Let it install the drivers, then reboot your computer (I only did this the first time).

4. Once rebooted, Kies shouldn't be running. Then plug your phone to the usb connection and select Samsung Kies mode.

5. Wait for the usb device to be detected and the drivers to be installed. Now the MTP installation shouldn't fail.

6. Start Kies and begin using your phone.
[Vibrant Android Development] Boulet-Time:
Hello !

Few days ago, I was searching for USB drivers...

I was a 'newbie' with Android and the modern mobile phones :p Waowww ! It makes sounds ! Yeaaah !

I didn't realise I was downloading drivers for the Vibrant phone, and not for the Galaxy S I9000 european phone... :eek:

Since this day, it is impossible to reinstall drivers for my Galaxy S.

I've installed softpedia drivers, SDK drivers... disapointing ! What can I do ?
[Vibrant Android Development] fcbarca17:
Thanks for the help man

I dont know what i would do without people like you
[Vibrant Android Development] erhan82:
I had a same problem. when i connect via usb to laptop nothing would happen. didn't ask me to mount or anything. So i contacted tmobile and samsung, they both had me download drivers (different from each other) and none of them worked. called tech support for both and they both said there shouldnt be a need to DL and drivers. finally i called tmo back and they agreed to send me a replacement phone. FYI im on windows 7 64bit.
[Vibrant Android Development] erhan82:
FYI tmo sent me to softpedia.com for drivers, and samsung sent me a link for some other drivers. If it's not working, stop wasting your time and just call and demand a replacement! It's bad enough we havent got an OTA update, but if they think im going to not be able to connect to my computer they can F themselves.
[Vibrant Android Development] tone11377:
x64 bit W7 drivers worked for me - T-Mobile Vibrant stock unlocked

I made sure to do this...

Mount phone storage

- Settings - SD card and phone storage - mount phone storage

Enable "USB debugging"

- Settings - Applications - Development - USB debugging

After connecting the Samsung Vibrant to my PC, I...

Mount USB connection

- Opened the notification pane on top of the window

- Tapped "USB connected"

- Tapped "Mount"

I'm guessing your PC did NOT recognize any "Devices with Removable Storage" in Windows 7.

Down and install driver

- downloaded "usb_drivers_GalaxyS_x64.zip". First page of this post

- extracted the folder "USB Drivers" to my desktop

- clicked on "Setup.exe"

After the drivers installed, I restarted my computer.

Mount USB connection

- Opened the notification pane on top of the window

- Tapped "USB connected"

- Tapped "Mount"

I'm hoping your PC should recognize your phone and the removable disk. Please click under every device under "Devices with Removable Storage"

The "Removable Disk" showed up (SD card)

Somehow, my Samsung Vibrant showed up with the name "Sansa Clip" which is another device I usually connect to my pc. You can rename it later.

Good luck and thanks to all who shared
[Vibrant Android Development] jaminroe:
Still not working. Does it matter I'm using Windows XP 32bit? I don't feel like asking for a replacement phone. I've got too much customization I dont feel like going through again.
[Vibrant Android Development] erhan82:
trust me when i said i tried everything i really did. tech support didnt do **** for me except ask me to do steps that i already tried. just think about it why the hell are there so many drivers out there floating around if the device worked properly (my reasoning may not be good, more of my opinion) especially when both tmo and samsung tech support claimed that there is no need for drivers the device should automatically appear. im just saying i had a defective phone, and just like some vibrants are harder to root than others, ive been reading about tons of people that are having difficulties connecting to computers.
[Vibrant Android Development] TitoG:
This is ridiculous...

you are pointing to sites that do everything in their power not to deliver the drivers that you recommend...what gives?????
[Vibrant Android Development] RoxAbout:
Drivers and Moving files around

kies = sucks !

But I will try the post a few back on tweaking it to see if I can get it working...

drivers, the softpedia links are spam and god help you if you click the wrong links!

as far as moving files around I found a wonderful file that works over the wifi

and all you do is give it a pin code and ur cell wifi ip and bingo no fussing around like kies

"android manager wifi" @ w w w mobileaction dot com

you have to install a tiny app on the ms box and d/l the apk to your cell

run the app on your pc and RTFM and its flawless

move delete files to your hearts content.

hope this helps.
[Vibrant Android Development] Telanis:
thanks that fixed my issue!
[Vibrant Android Development] mbh8280:
why does this keep taking me to mitsubishi drivers? please check the link and remove if its crap!!!!!!!!!
[Vibrant Android Development] jaminroe:
This program is awesome!! So nice to do things wirelessly! And its actually a lot faster than I thought! Good find. I'm using this for now.

But you know what? Last night I called T-Mobile again and I asked them again about my problem. I talked to their android specialists. The person I talked to uses a Vibrant. She said that most of the time a Factory Reset works. So I did it last night, but it still will not mount to my computer. It starts installing the USB drivers, and then before it can finish installing, the usb not recognized error happens. SO I called back again and they are sending me a free replacement, including free Express shipping since its brand new. Hopefully the new one will work. If not I am going to complain and say they need to do something about this problem. And I will demand a new replacement and ask for a G2. ;) Especially since I've been with them for so many years they recognize that.
[Vibrant Android Development] m3s_4ev3r:
Mine's still not working ... freaking weird
[Vibrant Android Development] jaminroe:
Whats not working? Android Manager Wi Fi? What exactly isn't working... is it not connecting to the program? If thats the case try restarting your phone and computer. That worked for me once.
[Vibrant Android Development] Thegreat520:
hey what if im on linux and t he android sdk drivers dont work is there any other fix?
[Vibrant Android Development] oniy69:
Win 7 64bit

I've had trouble installing 64bit drivers, so I installed 32bit and it works fine.
[Vibrant Android Development] giovanni.v:
Found this post looking for galaxy 5 drivers but really i don't like downloading drivers from third party sites.

Finally found the solution. Kies really sucks but sure the phone usb drivers must be in the package so downloaded it and opened using 7zip.

Browsing the package revealed that navigating to

\CabFile\USB Driver\SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones.exe.cab the latest cab file contain the updated driver installer (SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones.exe).

Installed and adb (and windows XP also) detected the device without any problem.

Hope may help someone.
[Vibrant Android Development] netdudes:
Went back Touchwiz instead of Launcherpro and worked

I tried this and still Windows 7 32 bit did not recognise my Galaxy S UNTIL I enabled touchwiz again, sounds odd i know. Basically I am using Launcher pro with my Galaxy S as Touchwiz is not to my taste, I went into Applications > Manage Applications > LauncherPro ---- and cleared defaults, once back on the home screen and touchwiz selected, Kies finally saw my device and was able to get to the upgrade firmware, was looking for Froyo, but still not available.:mad:

Thanks

J
[Vibrant Android Development] Paging Dr B:
Mirror?

This website frightened me while at home but I was able to download them, but now that i'm at work my AV blocks the site. Can someone post a mirror or just upload the drivers if they aren't all that big?
[Vibrant Android Development] Bromon22:
Fix

Hey everyone. So I was trying to connect my galaxy vibrant to my computer and to my horror it wouldnt connect. After much searching I came here, and none of the fixes worked. Then I started thinking about something someone had said earlier, about the cable. So I happen to have another usb cable for this phone from my digital camera.

Anyway, long story short, its the cable. I plugged my phone in using a different cable and it worked perfectly. I think the cable samsung provides is causing a problem with the usb connection.

Hope that helps.
[Vibrant Android Development] JDMDC5:
why is it taking me through like 5 pages and telling me to download driverboost, i just want the samsung drivers
[Vibrant Android Development] TRZN:
Awesome! Needed these. Installed and working great on Win7 x64 :-)
[Vibrant Android Development] crhitchings007:
I have soft bricked my phone when trying to flash a new 2.2 rom. My computer recognizes the device fine when not in download mode. I have installed and reinstalled all the different driver fixes. Any other ideas? I'm working on a windows xp pro machine. I haven't tried it on windows 7 yet. I also can't connect to the phone via adb while in download mode. Any help would be appreciated.
[Vibrant Android Development] s15274n:
That site is hideous. Could someone post the actual files instead?
[Vibrant Android Development] HenioH:
wow i was having the same problem where it just would not see my phone...tried a different cable and it worked perfectly. that samsung cable is crap..try a diff cable
[Vibrant Android Development] js2007:
hey guys i download the drivers to my computer and when i go to run the USB drivers setup exe. it give me this

"C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Start Menu\Programs\usb_drivers_GalaxyS_x64\USB Drivers\Setup.exe is not a valid Win32 application"

any help would be appreciated
[Vibrant Android Development] frankencat:
64 bit drivers worked for me on Windows 7 64. Don't run the installer, just install manually.
[Vibrant Android Development] ferret007:
Use the motherboard usb ports and 32bit drivers!

I just spent 3hours trying to get my new Vibrant to recognize on Win7 X64. I tried different drivers from a half dozen sites. Finally, I did what one user recommended in the beginning. I dragged my tower out from under my desk and plugged the usb cable into the motherboard usb port instead of the front usb ports and it immediately recognized my Vibrant. I had the 32bit ver of the samsung drivers from the unlockr installed at the time. Finally! The one click root worked flawlessly.

Now on to flashing the new Team Whiskey rom and checking out my new phone :)

***Use the mainboard usb ports and the 32bit Samsung drivers from the unlockr dot com.
[Vibrant Android Development] alvinkh:
hmm i'm having some problem with the rooting part.. z4root does not root the phone and it just disappear half way while showing aquiring root shell.. i'm using froyo, baseband version dxjpb and froyo build no. froyo.dxjpe

please kindly advice as i'm really noob with this
[Vibrant Android Development] javacody:
The links in the OP seem to be some kind of crappy driver update software???

Here is a link to Samsung's website:

http://www.samsung.com/us/support/downloads/SGH-T959ZKATMB
[Vibrant Android Development] luvjones305:
its not free
[Vibrant Android Development] abcdavidefg:
Drivers easy

I found the drivers if anybody need it. No need to install extra programs or nothing crazy. The file is big because is was created for odin, it contains odin files but also the drivers.

Link to the youtube video where I found the folder

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIBeLG4frjM

To download the folder

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HKRP4FCH
[Vibrant Android Development] emanmoreno:
finally worked

I tried everything and nothing work but finally like some people had comment, the thing that really worked was to use the USB on the back of the computer, not the front ones.
[Vibrant Android Development] Mdtolic:
Holy Sh*t, I'm pulling my hair out. I've tried everything here but still cannot get my pc to recognize my Vibrant. It's a 64-bit machine running 32-bit Windows. Vibrant says "connected", but device won't show up in Device Manager to try the manual install of the 64-bit driver.

I flashed Bionix-V when it came out and then updated my wife's stock Vibrant via KIES a few weeks ago. I’ve never had a connection problem before this. There’s no way to mount the device now. It's got to be a driver problem, right? What am I missing here?
[Vibrant Android Development] :
Windows XP? If thats what it is then XP is your problem. My XP machine won't recognize my phone either even though it said the drivers successfully installed.
[Vibrant Android Development] Mdtolic:
HA! Yup, XP. I've only ever connected this Vibrant to this machine and I've never had a problem before. Why now?!
[Vibrant Android Development] :
Idk its wierd even though it said the drivers successfully installed it still wont recognize the phone. Good thing I have 3 other computers in here two of them running windows 7 and the other vista.
[Vibrant Android Development] Mdtolic:
Yeah, good thing. Anyone else?
[Vibrant Android Development] Silvist:
Anyone know if the Samsung Galaxy Indulge R910 will work with these drivers?
[Vibrant Android Development] mmelo76:
Included in the list of sticky:

**"please read before posting - sticky threads"**
[Vibrant Android Development] artojeda1988:
i have done this and i have to pay for the soft wear or am i doing something wrong? cause my phone is stuck on boot screen and wont go into recovery or anything
[Vibrant Android Development] SamHaLeKe:
The drivers from softpedia are old.

You can find here the latest Windows x86 and x64 USB Drivers for mobile phones
[Vibrant Android Development] TheSilverStig:
You make mac owners like me look stupid. Mac drivers are included in the sdk available from google. Google it.
[Vibrant Android Development] riceje7:
had the same issue of the notifications not showing on my fascinate...usb debugging was off at the time, turned it on and it started showing the notifications...it started happening after i added a '.nomedia' file to the sd card. weird thing is before i added it even if usb debugging was off i would still get the usb storage notification
[Vibrant Android Development] SamHaLeKe:
drivers are updated!

v1.3.2250.0 (dated 8 march 2011)

download here
[Vibrant Android Development] lumberjack40:
thanks for the link! i'll let you know how it goes.
[Vibrant Android Development] jlencion:
How did it go?
[Vibrant Android Development] xaeder:
Thank you!
[Vibrant Android Development] scottx .:
Good work.
[Vibrant Android Development] SEALBoy:
I'd like to post this here in case anyone does a search in this thread.

If you are using a CM7 (CyanogenMod) based ROM, you may need to use the the Nexus S drivers instead of the Galaxy S drivers. These can be found here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=878786
[Vibrant Android Development] gowger:
My usb support eems to have been broken recently broken by a windows update on windows 7 64bit

The updated that did it was as follows:

SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd. - Other hardware - SAMSUNG Android USB Composite Device

Installation date: ‎07/‎09/‎2011 16:45

Installation status: Successful

Update type: Optional

SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd. Other hardware software update released in May, 2011

More information:

http://winqual.microsoft.com/support/?driverid=20432031

It was part of three, the others were modem and composite ADB drivers. It looks like a revert to a backup is necessary as I don't have any option to uninstall it
[Vibrant Android Development] djmanjol:
thank you!:d
[Vibrant Android Development] bassie1995:
Ugh, my PC still doesn't recognize my phone in mass storage mode. Installed x64 drivers on Win7 64-bit...
[Vibrant Android Development] Kajunt504:
thanks for the screw drivers =>
[Vibrant Android Development] webmanoffesto:
New Galaxy, USB Doesn't Work

I recently upgraded from Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant T959 to a Samsung Galaxy GTI-9000. To my great surprise, I plug it into my desktop computer's USB and in File Explorer I see the two drives on my Galaxy, but when I try to open them I get the message "Please insert disk into Removable Disk H."

I'm on Windows 7. When I attempted to install the Samsung Mobile Phone drivers Windows told me that they're already installed (they're there from my previous phone).
[Vibrant Android Development] stosin:
Why would you link us to softpedia, theres a billion download links, all for other BS programs and spyware and they make it impossible to find the one download link you actually need. Softpedia is internet fail
[Vibrant Android Development] spyteris:
@SamHaLeKe -

I cannot get these drivers to work, I've uninstalled/reinstalled 3 times, rebooted each time in between those steps, and my phone will not be recognized. Except for one time, and I don't know why it randomly decided to work then.

I'm running Windows 7 64-bit, and have rooted/deodexed GB 2.3.4 (EH17 release) on my Epic. Debugging is checked, I've tried different USB ports, etc. How can I get my phone to connect?? Just wanting to Odin the EH17 modem!

THANKS
[Vibrant Android Development] xaneth:
Thx dude...
[Vibrant Android Development] suriya83:
gosh i also can't find the correct download button. so much crap on that page
[Vibrant Android Development] schwick:
It is somewhere on the right side.
[Vibrant Android Development] SamHaLeKe:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=961956/
[Vibrant Android Development] crysto25:
for those whos running 64bit. and having trouble installing 64bit version like me. for some oddly reason, 32bit works well..
[Vibrant Android Development] bestfil:
that might be a reason why:

http://www.downloadatoz.com/howto/f...nized-by-kies-on-win7-64-bit-issue,28769.html
[Vibrant Android Development] fits79:
Does anyone has the latest usb drivers from program samsung kies 3 for samsung galaxy s4 i9505?

Because with the alone samsung usb drivers 1.5.5.0 or 1.5.23.0 or 1.5.29.0 doesn't work at all so???
[Vibrant Android Development] mikejax:
Drivers for S Duos 2??

Sent from my GT-S7582
[Vibrant Android Development] Jack_O_Neill:
only problem is I don't have a windows computer only my rasp pi
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MadMic:
Got bored of searching and googleing... but using MoDaCo's WIP R4 FroYo ROM and Clockwork Recovery... when I flashed the ROM I lost the boot time animation (the PC BIOS one) so tried to put it back in recovery using adb push *file* /data/local (file copied ok) but still only have the htc boot screen :( also tried pushing the file with the phone booted, but again no dice :(

Anyone got any ideas?

Thanks in advance

------ Resolution ------

Ok, firstly massive thanks to those who helped - you are what xda is all about :D... I finally managed to resolve this problem by

adb mount /system

adb shell

looking around and removing all bootanimation.zip's I could...

then exit the shell session and adb push the bootanimation.zip to /system/media

adb reboot and :cool:

I found this info here: http://androidforums.com/all-things-root-droid/97562-froyo-boot-animation.html

Not sure why this keeps changing? Maybe it is something specific to the Modaco R5 ROM?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] myth1001:
Try pushing it to /system/customize/resource
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lambrospower:
yes the directory for froyo is the

/system/customize/resource
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MadMic:
thanks for the assist guys, I tried this in recovery

"adb push bootanimation.zip /system/customize/resource" which went ok, the adb reboot and no show with the new boot screen :( any ideas??

Many thanks
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lambrospower:
first of all

mount the /system

then the path should be /system/customize/resource/bootanimation.zip
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MadMic:
still cant get it to work I'm afriad :(

Here is what I did...

reboot to recovery (clockwork mod)

adb shell mount /system/

adb push bootanimation.zip /system/customize/resource

adb reboot

and no new boot animation :(

any ideas what I'm doing wrong?

Ok, found this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=7239986 - booted to clockworkmod recovery and tried:

adb shell

mount /system

and got "mount: mounting /dev/block/mtdblock3 on /system failed: Device or resource busy